Posted on 05/18/2006 4:40:29 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
POLICE are hoping to interview passengers from a Virgin flight to Melbourne from Hobart after a stink bomb smelling of rotten eggs was set off in the cabin.
The "innocuous substance" was released as the jet was approaching Melbourne Airport, a spokeswoman for the airport said today.
"The airline alerted authorities and they responded," she said. "There were no evacuations required."
Detectives believe the odour came from a broken glass vial containing a clear clear liquid giving off a 'rotten egg' smell, Victoria Police spokeswoman Stacey Mair said.
She said the plane landed about 8pm (AEST) and police were alerted to the incident about 9.30pm.
Police were last night considering whether to lay charges over the incident, but have so far been unable to speak to passengers onboard the flight. They are hoping to do this today.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are now assisting them with their investigation.
There are lots of things that are no longer funny on post 9/11 airplanes.
"Detectives believe the odour came from a broken glass vial containing a clear clear liquid giving off a 'rotten egg' smell,"
From high school chemistry class, butyric acid springs to mind. Nasty rotten egg smell. They would use it in VERY small amounts while conducting diffusion experiments. You could smell it from fifty feet away about two seconds after the top was off the bottle.
Y'mean the in-flight movie was "Da Vinci Code"?
Oh, I dunno, what was the meal on the flight? That might have something to do with it.
That's a strike-out. It was Virgin Blue. They don't have inflight food - God's gift to passengers!
Butyric acid odor is actually that of rancid butter...truly horrible. Hyrodgen sulfide is the rotten egg odor.
You got that right.
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